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This Act may be cited as the , the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act of 2013 , or as the Comprehensive Immigration Reform ASAP Act of 2013 . CIR ASAP Act of 2013 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Reference to the Immigration and Nationality Act . Sec. 4. Definitions. Sec. 5. Severability. Title I—Border Security and Enforcement Sec. 101. Sense of Congress.
Subtitle A—Border Security Sec. 111. National Strategy for Border Security. Sec. 112. Increase in number of Customs and Border Protection Officers. Sec. 113. Improving ports of entry for border security and other purposes. Sec. 114. Inventory of personnel. Sec. 115. Standards of professional conduct. Sec. 116. Inventory of assets. Sec. 117. Customs border patrol and border protection assets. Sec. 118. Technological assets. Sec. 119. Secure communication. Sec. 120. Surveillance plan.
Sec. 121. Surveillance technologies programs. Sec. 122. Border security searches of electronic devices. Sec. 123. Border relief grant program. Sec. 124. Northern and Southern border drug prosecution initiative. Sec. 125. Operation Streamline prosecution initiative. Sec. 126. Project Gunrunner. Sec. 127. Operation Armas Cruzadas. Sec. 128. Combating human smuggling. Sec. 129. Report on deaths and strategy study. Sec. 130. United States-Mexico Border Enforcement Commission. Sec. 131.
Prohibition on military involvement in nonemergency border enforcement. Sec. 132. Definitions. Sec. 133. Border protection strategy. Sec. 134. Actions to further secure operational control of the international land borders of the United States. Sec. 135. Borderlands monitoring and mitigation. Sec. 136. Border Communities Liaison Office. Sec. 137. Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Office of Inspector General. Sec. 138. Improving ports of entry for border security and other purposes.
Sec. 139. Ports of entry. Sec. 140. Ports of entry infrastructure and operations assessment study. Sec. 141. National Land Border Ports of Entry Security Plan. Sec. 142. Ports of entry technology demonstration program. Sec. 143. Reports on improving the exchange of information on North American security. Sec. 144. Southern Border Security Task Force. Sec. 145. Cooperation with the Government of Mexico. Sec. 146. Enhanced international cooperation. Sec. 147. Expansion of commerce security programs.
Sec. 148. Authorization of appropriations. Subtitle B—Detention Sec. 151. Definitions. Sec. 152. Detention conditions. Sec. 153. Specific detention requirements for short-term detention facilities. Sec. 154. Rulemaking and enforcement. Sec. 155. Immigration Detention Commission. Sec. 156. Death in custody reporting requirement. Sec. 157. Protection of community-based organizations, faith-based organizations and other institutions. Sec. 158. Apprehension procedures for immigration-related enforcement activities.
Sec. 159. Protections against unlawful detentions of United States citizens. Sec. 160. Basic protections for vulnerable populations. Sec. 161. Report on protections for vulnerable populations impacted by immigration enforcement activities. Sec. 162. Family Detention and Unity Protections. Sec. 163. Apprehension procedures for families and parents. Sec. 164. Child welfare services for children separated from parents detained or removed from the United States for immigration violations.
Sec. 165. Vulnerable population and child welfare training for immigration enforcement officers. Sec. 166. Access for parents, legal guardians, and, primary caregiver relatives. Sec. 167. Enhanced protections for vulnerable unaccompanied alien children and female detainees. Sec. 168. Preventing unnecessary detention of refugees. Sec. 169. Reports on protections from unlawful detention. Sec. 170. Rulemaking. Subtitle C—Enforcement Sec. 181. Labor enforcement. Sec. 182. Mandatory address reporting requirements.
Sec. 183. Preemption of State and local law. Sec. 184. Delegation of immigration authority. Sec. 185. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Ombudsman. Sec. 186. Eliminating arbitrary bar to asylum. Sec. 187. Restoration of judicial review. Title II—Employment Verification Sec. 201. Employment verification. Sec. 202. Parity with Civil Rights Act of 1964. Sec. 203. Amendments to the Social Security Act. Title III—Visa Reforms Sec. 301. Elimination of existing backlogs. Sec. 302. Reclassification of spouses and minor children of legal permanent residents as immediate relatives.
Sec. 303. Country limits. Sec. 304. Promoting family unity. Sec. 305. Surviving relatives. Sec. 306. Extension of waiver authority. Sec. 307. Discretionary waiver for long-term lawful permanent residents. Sec. 308. Continuous presence. Sec. 309. Bar on the removal of certain refugees, parolees or asylees. Sec. 310. Exemption from immigrant visa limit for certain veterans who are natives of Philippines. Sec. 311. Fiancée or fiancé child status protection. Sec. 312. Equal treatment for all stepchildren.
Sec. 313. Sons and daughters of Filipino World War II veterans. Sec. 314. Determinations under the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998. Sec. 315. Discretionary authority. Sec. 316. Affidavit of support. Sec. 317. Visa to prevent unauthorized migration. Sec. 318. Adjustment of status. Sec. 319. Rulemaking. Sec. 320. United States-educated immigrants. Sec. 321. Retaining workers subject to green card backlog. Sec. 322. Return of talent program. Title IV—Earned Legalization of Undocumented Individuals Subtitle A—Conditional Nonimmigrants Sec. 401.
Conditional nonimmigrants. Sec. 402. Adjustment of status for conditional nonimmigrants. Sec. 403. Administrative and judicial review. Sec. 404. Mandatory disclosure of information. Sec. 405. Penalties for false statements in applications. Sec. 406. Aliens not subject to direct numerical limitations. Sec. 407. Employer protections. Sec. 408. Limitations on eligibility. Sec. 409. Rulemaking. Sec. 410. Correction of Social Security records. Sec. 411. Restoration of State option to determine residency for purposes of higher education benefits.
Sec. 412. Authorization of appropriations. Subtitle B—Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security Chapter 1—Title and Definitions Sec. 421. Short title. Sec. 422. Definitions. Chapter 2—Pilot Program for Earned Status Adjustment of Agricultural Workers Subchapter A—Blue card status Sec. 431. Requirements for blue card status. Sec. 432. Treatment of aliens granted blue card status. Sec. 433. Adjustment to permanent residence. Sec. 434. Applications. Sec. 435. Waiver of numerical limitations and certain grounds for inadmissibility.
Sec. 436. Administrative and judicial review. Sec. 437. Use of information. Sec. 438. Regulations, effective date, authorization of appropriations. Subchapter B—Correction of Social Security Records Sec. 441. Correction of Social Security records. Chapter 3—Reform of H–2A worker program Sec. 451. Amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act . Chapter 4—Miscellaneous provisions Sec. 461. Determination and use of user fees. Sec. 462. Regulations. Sec. 463. Reports to Congress.
Sec. 464. Effective date. Title V—Strengthening the U.S. Economy and Workforce Subtitle A—Immigration and Labor Chapter 1—Immigration and labor markets Sec. 501. Commission on Immigration and Labor Markets. Sec. 502. Security and prosperity account. Sec. 503. American recruit and match system. Chapter 2—Protection of workers recruited abroad Sec. 511. Protections for workers recruited abroad. Sec. 512. Enforcement provisions. Sec. 513. Procedures in addition to other rights of employees.
Sec. 514. Authority to prescribe regulations. Sec. 515. Definitions. Chapter 3—Technical correction Sec. 521. Technical correction. Subtitle B—Reforms of certain classes of employment-Based visas Chapter 1—H–1B visa fraud and abuse protections Subchapter A—H–1B Employer Application Requirements Sec. 531. Modification of application requirements. Sec. 532. New application requirements. Sec. 533. Application review requirements. Subchapter B—Investigation and Disposition of Complaints against H–1B Sec. 541.
General modification of procedures for investigation and disposition. Sec. 542. Investigation, working conditions, and penalties. Sec. 543. Waiver requirements. Sec. 544. Initiation of investigations. Sec. 545. Information sharing. Sec. 546. Conforming amendment. Subchapter C—Other H–1B provisions Sec. 551. Posting available H–1B positions through the Department of Labor. Sec. 552. H–1B government authority and requirements. Sec. 553. Additional Department of Labor employees.
Chapter 2—L–1 nonimmigrants Sec. 561. Prohibition on outplacement of L–1 nonimmigrants. Sec. 562. L–1 employer petition requirements for employment at new offices. Sec. 563. Cooperation with Secretary of State. Sec. 564. Investigation and disposition of complaints against L–1 employers. Sec. 565. Wage rate and working conditions for L–1 nonimmigrant. Sec. 566. Penalties. Sec. 567. Prohibition on retaliation against L–1 nonimmigrants. Sec. 568. Technical amendments. Sec. 569. Reports on L–1 nonimmigrants.
Sec. 570. Application. Sec. 571. Report on L–1 blanket petition process. Sec. 572. Requirements for information for H–1B and L–1 nonimmigrants. Chapter 3—Protection of H–2B nonimmigrants Sec. 581. Enforcement of Federal labor laws relating to H–2B nonagricultural guest workers. Sec. 582. Recruitment of United States workers. Sec. 583. Prevailing wages for United States workers and H–2B workers. Sec. 584. Certification requirement. Sec. 585. Protections for workers. Sec. 586. Petitions by employers that have signed labor agreements with unions that operate hiring halls.
Sec. 587. H–2B nonimmigrant labor certification application fees. Chapter 4—Adjustments to the EB–5 visa program Sec. 591. Permanent reauthorization of EB–5 regional center program; application fee. Sec. 592. Premium processing fee for EB–5 immigrant investors. Sec. 593. Concurrent filing of EB–5 petitions and applications for adjustment of status. Sec. 594. Improved set-aside for targeted employment areas. Sec. 595. Set-aside of visas for regional center program. Sec. 596. Extension.
Sec. 597. Study. Sec. 598. Full-time equivalents. Sec. 599. Eligibility for adjustment of status. Sec. 599A. Expansion of EB–5 eligibility to include qualified immigrants who complete investment agreements. Chapter 5—Effective date Sec. 599B. Application. Title VI—Integration of New Americans Subtitle A—Citizenship Promotion Sec. 601. Immigration service fees. Sec. 602. Administration of tests for naturalization; fulfillment by elderly persons of requirement for naturalization relating to knowledge of English language.
Sec. 603. Voluntary electronic filing of applications. Sec. 604. Timely background checks. Sec. 605. National citizenship promotion program. Sec. 606. Effective date. Subtitle B—Miscellaneous Sec. 611. Grants to support public education and community training. Sec. 612. Grant program to assist applicants for naturalization. Sec. 613. Naturalization for certain U.S. high school graduates. Sec. 614. Family integration. Sec. 615. Consideration for domestic resettlement of refugees.
Sec. 616. Credits for teachers of English language learners. Sec. 617. Credits for employer-provided adult English literacy and basic education programs. Sec. 618. Grants to States to form New American Councils. Sec. 619. Independence Day ceremonies for oaths of allegiance.